Nagaland on Sunday launched a state-wide Pulse Polio immunisation campaign, administering oral polio vaccine drops to more than 1.43 lakh children below the age of five to safeguard the state's polio-free status.
Shillong, Apr 20: In response to a suspected rise in measles risk linked to the ongoing outbreak in neighboring Bangladesh, authorities in Meghalaya’s East...
SHILLONG, APR 10: The Assembly’s Estimates Committee has directed the Social Welfare Department to secure funds from both state and central governments to establish...
Meals served to children at Anganwadi centres in Meghalaya are among the least diverse in the Northeast, a new national study has found, raising concerns over the nutritional quality of food under the ICDS scheme in the state.
SHILLONG, OCT 31: Adviser to the Social Welfare Department, Paul Lyngdoh, announced that the state government has decided to cover all uncovered villages with...
A new video released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has spotlighted Meghalaya’s ambitious program to strengthen early childhood development and maternal mental health, launched in 2023 with support from ADB and the Government of Japan. The initiative focuses on the first 1,000 days of life, considered the most critical period for child growth and development.
Informing this after chairing a review meeting here on Monday, Principal Secretary in-charge Health & Family Welfare, Sampath Kumar, said, “In the next two years, we will upgrade 2000 (anganwadi centres) as ECD centres.”
Informing this, social welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said that work will start post monsoon and the funding pattern will be 90/10 between the centre and the State.
Replying to a query raised by AITC MLA from Ampati Miani D Shira in the Assembly, Minister in-charge Social Welfare Paul Lyngdoh said, "We have already moved the Ministry of Women and Child Development for total coverage of uncovered villages."
Speaking to media persons, Lyngdoh said that over 60,000 children in the various anganwadi centres have been covered under the mission. The aim of the mission is to develop a curriculum so that the anganwadi centres also become centres of learning and not just for nutrition alone.
